Choose your Paragliding Certification Learning Preference
Join a Class : Join a scheduled paragliding class around the world at an APPI Fly School.
Try it First : Try a ’Discover Paragliding’ experience at an APPI Fly Center, available locally or on vacation.
Get Educated with an APPI (...)

Welcome to APPI !
Paragliding without borders with the best standard everywhere you go! An evolutionary system and worldwide flying community.
PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, BEST PEDAGOGIC SYSTEMS (the science and art of education.), SAFETY, JOY AND HAPPINESS ALL WAITING FOR YOU. (...)

You are very welcome to join APPI, the Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors Worldwide!
Equivalence for pilots and tandem pilots
If you are already a confirmed pilot, you want to become an APPI member.
Check which federations allow you APPI equivalence. Should your issuing (...)

How can an Association, Federation or Club join APPI?
The best way to introduce APPI into an Association or Club is to hold an APPI workshop and to be validated as instructor.
An APPI Pedagogical Committee Master or Representative give a 3-5 day APPI workshop. The contents are: Operational (...)

What is the difference between the APPI card and the IPPI card (from FAI) ?
The two cards are for different purposes. The APPI card shows a certain level of training has been received & is recognized internationally among all APPI schools worldwide, and partner Associations and (...)

GENERAL RULES
Your paragliding activity (solo, tandem, instruction) must comply with the laws of the country in which it is performed.
As an APPI Member, one should be familiar with paragliding related legislation and protocols specific to one’s region.
APPI certification is internal to (...)

Your APPI Paragliding Certification Card is proof that you’ve successfully completed your APPI training.
Your APPI Certification Card has a permanent validity, as well you need to order a new card only if you have acquired a new certification or specialty.
The APPI card requires a clear head (...)

David Arrufat
Mastermind and president of APPI Educational System, David is directing APPI to ensure APPI best standards and propagation around the world. Accro pionner, SIV Master, David has large experience background in projects management, with unique simplicity and good humor. Founding (...)

Important Information to uphold APPI procedures:
APPI certification awarded to a pilot is internal to the APPI system, and shows no particular right in the country where the activity is done, unless APPI is recognized by the legal authority managing free flight in that country. Check with the (...)

MEMBERSHIP FEE
APPI Welcomes all pilots and professional pilots
Registration is free, and will be always free.
The Payment activate your affiliation for one year (or more).
Your APPI Card have to ordered and will be sent to your address.
All payment made by bank transfer, credit card or (...)

1. Does having an APPI card alone is recognize to operate in any site around the world?
APPI is an international certification that includes all the requirements for flying paragliding among the major federations and associations around the world. The APPI schools and instructors help the (...)

Kortel Design has launched a security advisory about harnesses Kamasutra II, Karma II, and Krashbox Module Kuik II.
See details on the page www.korteldesign.com/spip/?+Rescue-handle-safety-notice.
Contact info@korteldesign.com if you have any questions.

Now the manager of an APPI school can pay the bill of any APPI member. Just click on the button: "Pay for member". Payment is permitted only if the school has sufficient credit or if an authorization has been given explicitly to the school. If necessary, the manager can buy a credit of 200 euros (or more if the operation is (...)

To APPI school managers: all schools registered on the website by APPI instructors are all APPI schools.
Using the term "APPI school" when recording the name of the school, can lead to confusion about the role of the school in the APPI system.
Under these conditions, it was decided by the APPI board to ban the use of the term "APPI school (...)

The role of this committee is to take decisions about education system, contents of courses, exams, educational manuals, the choice of APPI masters, to black list members, to manage the complaints not resolved by the secretary, and to propose modifications of the internal rules about pedagogic (...)